Hark! FIVE more YC W23 Cohort companies for your reading pleasure

We continue our weekly feature of the Y Combinator Winter Class of 2023

Last week we also listed out 5 YC W23 Cohort Companies who completed the vaunted demo day

Behold! We have Five NEW Winter 2023 Company Hero Profiles:

1. Fluid Markets

2. Chart

3. 1stCollab

4. Booth AI

5. Teclada

1: Fluid Markets - Invest in Company Earnings

Fluid Markets is revolutionizing investments in the fundamentals of public companies. By providing an exchange for investments in earnings, revenue, regions, and business segments of companies, Fluid Markets allows investors to benefit from the success of companies without having to buy the stock. With Fluid Markets, investors can easily invest in the parts of a company that they believe will perform well, without taking any market risks. The founders, Kenneth Book, Ben Litvin, and Ari Wax, have expertise in finance and technology, making them well-equipped to create a platform that benefits investors and public companies alike.

2: Chart - One-click Fast ML Infrastructure

Chart is simplifying the deployment of high-performing ML models for companies. With Chart's SaaS platform, companies can self-host their models and data within their cloud providers, while Chart takes care of the complexities of packaging models and deploying them into APIs. Chart optimizes GPU servers to squeeze the full performance of the GPU, all within the user's own cloud account, in the same region as the rest of their servers. Fatih Celikbas and his team have the expertise in ML and cloud computing to create a platform that makes it easy for companies to deploy fast ML infrastructure with one click.

3: 1stCollab - DoubleClick for Influencer Marketing

 1stCollab is automating the process of working with micro-influencers, helping brands improve their influencer marketing performance by 10x. Micro-influencers have higher engagement rates than macro-influencers and are more cost-effective, but they can be time-consuming to work with.

1stCollab helps brands work with micro-influencers at scale by instantly launching campaigns to hundreds of relevant, cost-effective micro-influencers.

The pilot program for 1stCollab was filled up within two days of launching, and they are already working with April, Notion, and Formation on executing $70k of campaign spend through their platform.

The founders, Varun Bansal, Carina Cater, and Zeyu Liu, have the experience in marketing and technology to create a platform that can reduce CPMs by over 70%.

4: Booth AI - Generative AI Photographer for E-Commerce

Booth AI is helping companies supercharge their creative output with a generative-AI powered image production platform. Booth AI replaces complicated, labor-intensive, time-consuming, and expensive commercial product lifestyle photoshoots.

Brand managers, merchandisers, and marketers can produce beautiful lifestyle images in a matter of seconds at a fraction of the cost of traditional photoshoots. The founders, Mitra Morgan, Nick Locascio, and Ian Baldwin, have the expertise in AI and e-commerce to create a platform that can help companies improve their creative output and save costs.

5. Teclada is a powerful web-based terminal that simplifies remote access for teams and developers.

   Teclada

   Web-based terminal that simplifies remote access for teams and developers.

   www.teclada.com

   

   With Teclada, users can access their computers from anywhere, collaborate seamlessly with multiple users in real-time, and enjoy advanced features like visual autocomplete and AI integration, all in their browser.

   Teclada allows multiple users to simultaneously view, edit, and execute commands by sharing terminals, transforming plain English into advanced command sequences quickly and accurately with AI-powered assistance, and providing web-based access control with role-based permissions and sharing by email address.

   The founder, Ian Pudney, has the expertise in technology and remote collaboration to create a platform that can improve team productivity and collaboration, no matter where they are.